With a little more than a year until the 2016 Olympic Games, the Brazilian Doping Control Laboratory (LBCD) "was accredited" by the World Anti-Doping Agency, according to SPORTV. LBCD's accreditation occurred on Wednesday, one day after Brazilian Sports Minister George Hilton "met in Montreal with WADA officials." LBCD has been "up and running" since Aug. '14. Now, with WADA accreditation, the lab's "first order of business will be during the test events for the 2016 Olympic Games" (SPORTV, 5/13). GLOBO ESPORTE reported while in Montreal to achieve accreditation the LBCD, Hilton "closed a partnership" with WADA in relation to the country's doping control. During Hilton's meeting with WADA officials, both parties "discussed future actions" for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Hilton: "We're very happy with the partnership with WADA and we will have a national system for doping control. I'm sure that the Brazilian Doping Control Laboratory will be a huge legacy of the Games. It will be the only of its kind in the country and we will have the technology to maintain it." WADA "made two recommendations" to the Brazilian sports ministry for LBCD: to "create an appeal tribunal" and to recognize the Brazilian Doping Control Authority (ABCD) as the "only entity responsible for doping control in the country, including in football" (GLOBO ESPORTE, 5/12).
